I live in rural New Brunswick which provides most of the subject matter of my paintings. I have a three-wheeled bicycle with a large basket on the back where I can store my paints, a chair and a table and anything else needed. When I am painting, I am in a world of pure concentration. My goal is to create spontaneous, balanced and authentic works of art with the hope that people who see my art will feel the same kind of pleasure that I do.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

4 comments:

evan ripley
said...

Dear lord mother! She looks like a hideous ogre that's about to vomit!

Definitely liked the first one better.

I got your e-mail, and I wouldn't worry too much about getting her features exactly right - just as long as she doesn't look hideous. that would make for a bad birthday present. the first one is good though.

thanks for doing this Mom, I know I'm going to be a real pain in the ass. Love you.

Just re-read my post, sorry to be so flippant. In some ways the 2nd one is more like her face, but it's a little too squashed. Perhaps a slightly idealized portrait is not such a bad thing (I would say the first one is slightly idealized).

What if you didn't centre her face? What if her face is kind of off to the side like in the photgraph? And the perpective lines come on through the image - into blackness.

Also, I think her neck is too articulated in both paintings, it should kind of fade a bit.